Alan Newman, The Stuff - 23

He had also spent three of those seasons in independent ball. To The Orlando Sentinel that May, though, Newman said he believed he could still pitch and pitch well.

"That's why I'm doing this because I still feel like I can be an
effective pitcher," Newman told The Sentinel. "I'm working hard. I know what it
takes to be successful at this level, and I'm just going to take it one
day at a time."

Newman returned to the majors in 2000 for one final game with the Indians. That June, he explained to The Times what had changed to get him to the majors.

"My approach is different now," Newman told The Times. "Instead of trying to force
everything, I just rely on my stuff. I always had the stuff, I had just
never harnessed it all until the last few years."

From there, Newman went on to Japan.
He played 2001 and 2002 with Yakult. He then played 2003 with
Hiroshima. In all, he got into 73 games over his three seasons in Japan,
starting 16. He had a 4.38 ERA.

Newman then returned stateside. He finished out his career with three seasons in independent ball. He last played in 2006 at independent Long Beach.